1. What do the following words have in common?
win,won,nor,fin,log,din,pun,ion,lug,boy,boa,bog,gun,fur,dug,bun,bus,mix
loam,quay,joey,foam,oafs,bomb,guff,hymn,buff,lion,wily,wolf
mocha,chain,munch,funny,bulls,mills,jimmy,fusion
2. What do these following words have in common?
be,ova,vex,nag,she,one,tang,rail,errs,ebbs,
Pyrex,terra,Cheryl,abjurer
(1) Consider the values assigned to each letter as:
A=1, B=2, C=3,..........., X=24, Y=25, Z=26
We substitute any given letter inclusive of a word with a letter that has 6 letter values ahead of it. If that letter value exceeds 26, then we reduce it mod 26 and replace the letter with the letter having this value.
Consequently, the required words are:
cot cut tux lot rum jot vat out ram hue
hug him mat lax jam hat hat sod rugs wage
puke lugs ugly hush mall nest hall rout core curl
suing ingot satin latte harry sorry posse layout
(2) The substitution is similar to (1), except that we replace a letter with the one having a letter value of 13 ahead of it.
The words determined by this process are:
bin ark ant fur bar gnat envy reef
roof clerk green purely nowhere
Edited on September 2, 2022, 10:13 pm
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